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Finally, signs of progress on spending bill Democrats are pushing forward on negotiations to trim down President Joe Bidens proposed $3.5 trillion social spending package and pledging to agree on at least a basic framework before the end of this week. That was the message from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the partys spirited weekly caucus lunch on Tuesday, though he cautioned that the whole bill cant be written in the next few days.
But some details are starting to trickle out, signaling that after weeks of a stand-off, compromises are being made. The two years of tuition-free community college that Biden has proposed is likely going to be cut from the final version of the package, and the expanded child tax credit may only be extended for a single year, our Congress team reports.
The Clean Energy Performance Program, a $150 billion plan to pay utilities to install increasing amounts of clean electricity, is also likely out, largely because of Sen. Joe Manchins staunch opposition.
The movement comes after Biden met separately on Tuesday with groups of progressive and moderate lawmakers in an attempt to push the bill forward. Democrats are desperate to make progress before the New Jersey and Virginia governors elections on Nov. 2, worrying that a failure to move forward could hurt the partys chances in those races. And Biden, in his meetings, has spent a considerable amount of time on the partys collective sense of urgency, telling Democrats that they simply have to deliver.
Schumer is making it clear that lawmakers have gotten the message. There was universal agreement in that room, he said after lunch on Tuesday, that we have to come to an agreement and we have to get it done we want to get it done this week."
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TESTER PUTS OCC NOMINATION IN DOUBT Our Victoria Guida: A key Senate Democrat has voiced misgivings about President Joe Bidens nomination for a top job overseeing the nation's banks, creating a new potential obstacle in a bruising confirmation fight that has separately been marked by charges of racism and xenophobia against some Republicans.
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), a member of the Banking Committee that will vet the nominee, said he has concerns about Saule Omarova as comptroller of the currency, an ominous sign for a candidate who will likely need party-line support in an evenly split Senate. Omarova has gotten fierce pushback from Republicans for wanting to allow the Federal Reserve to provide bank accounts for Americans, rather than private institutions, a move that she says will end banking' as we know it."
SEC REVIEWING UNIVERSAL PROXY RULE Our Kellie Mejdrich writes in: SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Tuesday night said commissioners received a draft proposal this week for review that would give shareholders greater control over how they can elect a companys board of directors.
Gensler gave an update on the so-called universal proxy rule, which would let shareholders pick and choose from board nominees at public company annual meetings regardless of whether they vote in person, during a virtual interview with former Democratic SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson hosted by the NYU School of Law. The SEC in April reopened the comment period for the proposal, which would expand voting options when shareholders vote proxies in other words, without attending in person from the current binary choice between company-nominated candidates or a slate of activists.
RIPPLE CEO: SEC CAUSING U.S. TO BE LEFT BEHIND ON CRYPTO Our Ryan Heath writes in from the Milken Conference in Los Angeles: Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, the financial transaction platform that uses a native cryptocurrency known as XRP, offered harsh criticism of the SEC at the Milken Conference on Tuesday. Garlinghouse faults the SEC for failing to build a regulatory regime for digital assets in the U.S. Perhaps thats no surprise given an SEC lawsuit against Ripple for raising $1.3 billion through the sale of XRP which it classifies as an unregistered digital asset. Why is the SEC picking winners and losers?
Ripple says the U.S. is a global laggard. In the U.K. they have a clear taxonomy for crypto: a clear structure and categorization of different assets. Japan has a lot of clarity. Singapore is where you're seeing a lot of entrepreneurs and investment flow. The U.S. is a laggard, and I do worry, as a U.S. guy, that we're forcing this stuff overseas, because why would you do it here?
When we go overseas, it's not because were trying to escape regulations. Its a heavy lift to get a license in Singapore, in the U.K., or the EU. But you know, the path to get a license is there. He says Ripple is posting record growth outside of the U.S.
Garlinghouse thinks the SEC is fighting for their own regulatory jurisdiction rather than building a rational framework that protects the investors and protects the integrity of the market.
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BROWN, WARREN CALL ON FACEBOOK TO PAUSE CRYPTO PROJECT Victoria again: Five Senate Democrats including Banking Chair Sherrod Brown on Tuesday urged Facebook to halt the rollout of a digital wallet for cryptocurrency tokens and also stop the anticipated launch of the Diem stablecoin.
In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the lawmakers blasted the news that the company had started a pilot of its wallet, Novi, expressing concerns that Facebook is still part of efforts to launch Diem even after Washington policymakers expressed strong objections to a previous design known as Libra. Facebook cannot be trusted to manage a payment system or digital currency when its existing ability to manage risks and keep consumers safe has proven wholly insufficient, the lawmakers wrote.
Diem defended its project in a lengthy response to lawmakers late Tuesday, emphasizing that it is independent from Facebook and that Novi is just one of more than two dozen members of the Diem Association. Diem noted that it has prioritized consumer safety, outlined a financial crime compliance framework and engaged with an interagency regulatory team about the project.
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STOCKS RISE BROADLY APs Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga: Health care and technology companies led a broad rally for stocks on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed another batch of encouraging company earnings reports. The S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent as of 3:29 p.m. Eastern, on pace for its fifth straight gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155 points, or 0.4 percent, to 35,407 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.6 percent.
Among the tech sector winners were Apple, which rose 1.2. percent, and software maker Adobe, which added 2.1 percent. Johnson & Johnson, the worlds biggest maker of health care products, rose 2.1 percent after raising its profit forecast for the year following the release of strong third-quarter earnings.
DEMS PARE BACK PROPOSED IRS BANK REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Our Bernie Becker and Ursula Perano: The Treasury Department officially announced Tuesday that Democrats were narrowing the scope of a controversial proposal that would force banks and credit unions to give more account information to the IRS to help boost tax compliance. The new plan sets the threshold at $10,000, after discussions between congressional Democrats and the Biden administration, and would exempt certain income from wages or federal programs like Social Security.
FED SEEN WELL BEHIND AS GLOBAL RACE TO RATE HIKES HITS OVERDRIVE Bloombergs Edward Bolingbroke: Compared with the rest of the worlds central banks, the markets timetable for when the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates looks positively subdued. Most others, with the exception of the European Central Bank, are expected to move at a far speedier pace. U.S. traders are now pricing a full rate hike into the Feds September policy meeting next year. But by that time, New Zealands central bank would have hiked five times, Canadas three times and Englands four times, according to the interest-rate swaps market.
FEDS BOWMAN SAYS U.S. LABOR MARKET COULD STRUGGLE TO RETURN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS Reuters Jonnelle Marte: The obstacles making it difficult for many women to work, combined with an increase in retirements, could hinder the labor market recovery and be a drag on the U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said on Tuesday. Women with young children left the labor force at a higher rate than other workers and some are still struggling to find childcare they can afford, Bowman said. And many of the older workers who left the labor force during the pandemic, including a high share of women, may not return, Bowman said.
WALLER: IF INFLATION DOESNT COOL BY YEAR-END, FED COULD BRING RATE INCREASES FORWARD WSJs Michael S. Derby: Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the central bank could move forward the timeline for raising short-term interest rates to restore price stability if high levels of inflation dont start cooling soon, adding that he supports the Fed slowing its asset buying stimulus effort starting next month. Mr. Waller said in a virtual appearance Tuesday that when it comes to moving up what is now a near zero federal-funds rate target range, the pace of continued improvement in the labor market will be gradual.
TREASURY WILL HOLD IMF CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE FOR INTEGRITY CHANGES Reuters: The second-ranking U.S. Treasury official told senators on Tuesday that the agency would hold International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva accountable for changes needed to safeguard IMF integrity in the wake of a World Bank data-rigging scandal. We did not find that it was appropriate at this point to remove the (IMF) managing director, Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told a U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing.
AS BITCOIN GOES MAINSTREAM, WALL STREET LOOKS TO CASH IN APs Stan Choe: Love cryptocurrencies or hate the very idea of them, theyre becoming more mainstream by the day. Cryptocurrencies have surged so much that their total value has reached nearly $2.5 trillion, rivaling the worlds most valuable company, Apple, and have amassed more than 200 million users. At that size, its simply too big for the financial establishment to ignore.
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